A strengthening El Niño over record-hot oceans could reshape weather worldwide. Here’s what it means, how it affects us, and ...

The potential for solving problems in climate, oceans, the biosphere, and the biology of disease is vast, writes Celine ...

The Ridge Trail here offers something refreshingly different from the typical Oregon hiking experience: World War II bunkers ...

When most people hear the phrase "ocean acidification," they think of coral reefs, shellfish or declining fisheries. Those ...

Across a matter of days in 2024, the seafloor in part of the Indian Ocean dropped by about 13 feet, and roughly 5.7 billion ...

The way that heat is transferred from the deep ocean to shallower waters and back also affects how Arctic and Antarctic ice ...

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows ...

Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris breaks down into microplastics, these ...

The fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe’s climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice ...

A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat ...

The planet’s oceans are at unprecedented temperatures for this time of year, breaking the all-time June record, according to new data, with alarming implications for global weather and marine life. On ...

The ancient oceans were once ruled by giant 'kraken–like' octopuses that measured up to 62 feet (19m) long, new research reveals. Scientists have discovered evidence of a colossal beast that hunted ...